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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Displaying dates and times in PHP

Example code:
date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Singapore");
$today = date("d-F-Y");
$timenow = date("H:i:s A");
<p>The date and time now is <?php echo $today?> <?php echo $timenow?></p>

Refer to the timezones here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php
Refer to the full date functions php reference here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
Symbol
Meaning
Example
F
Month in text, not abbreviated
January
M
Month in text, abbreviated
Jan
m
Month in numbers with leading zeros
02, 12
n
Month in numbers without leading zeros
1, 12
d
Day of the month; two digits with leading zeros
01, 14
j
Day of the month without leading zeros
3, 30
l
Day of the week in text, not abbreviated
Friday
D
Day of the week in text, abbreviated
Fri
w
Day of the week in numbers
From 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)
Y
Year in four digits
2011
y
Year in two digits
11
g
Hour between 0 and 12 without leading zeros
1, 11
G
Hour between 0 and 24 without leading zeros
2, 15
h
Hour between 0 and 12 with leading zeros
02, 10
H
Hour between 0 and 24 with leading zeros
00, 23
i
Minutes
00, 59
s
Seconds
00, 59
a
am or pm in lowercase
am, pm
A
AM or PM in uppercase
AM, PM